1963: 50 years on + Jean-Luc Godard | The Guardianhttp://www.theguardian.com/society/series/1963-50-years-on+film/jeanlucgodard
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1963: from the Stones to Dr Strangelove, a year of social and cultural upheavalhttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/07/1963-beginning-of-modern-era
Introducing our look at the year that defined the modern era, the veteran writer recalls the extraordinary collision of politics, culture and social upheaval that he witnessed as a student<p>Was it a prefigurative year? I think so. Not that one thought of it as such at the time or even a few years later, when it was totally forgotten in the turbulence that engulfed the world. I am trying to recall that year, to find deep down some memories, even a few impressions on the basis of which I could reconstruct a misted-up past without too many distortions.</p><p>When I arrived to study at Oxford in October 1963, the bohemian style was black plastic or leather jackets for women and black leather or navy donkey jackets for men. I stuck to cavalry twills and a duffle coat, at least for a few months. <a href="http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/nsa/cuba_mis_cri/" title="The Cuban missile crisis">The Cuban missile crisis</a> had temporarily boosted CND: the Labour party conference had actually <a href="http://www.marxists.org/history/etol/writers/challinor/1960/xx/zigzag.htm" title="voted for unilateral nuclear disarmament in 1960">voted for unilateral nuclear disarmament in 1960</a>, before changing its mind again the following year, influenced strongly by leftwing icon <a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUbevan.htm" title="Aneurin Bevans">Aneurin Bevan's</a> deathbed refusal to &quot;go naked into the conference chamber&quot;. <a href="http://pw20c.mcmaster.ca/case-study/fused-fizzing-and-ready-go-bertrand-russell-takes-streets" title="Bertrand Russell thought CND was too moderate">Bertrand Russell thought CND was too moderate</a> and resigned to create its direct action offspring, the Committee of 100.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/07/1963-beginning-of-modern-era">Continue reading...</a>SocietyCultureBob DylanJohn F KennedyHarold WilsonPop and rockJean-Luc GodardMusicThe BeatlesMartin Luther KingThe Rolling StonesFilmDr StrangeloveTue, 07 May 2013 05:00:01 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2013/may/07/1963-beginning-of-modern-eraBettmann/CorbisJohn F Kennedy in Dallas in 1963. Photograph: Bettmann/CorbisCat's Collection/CorbisPeter Sellers on the set of Dr Strangelove. Photograph: Cat's Collection/CorbisDavid Farrell/ David Farrell/Lebrecht Music & Arts/CorbisThe Rolling Stones 'were simply more exciting, more sensual than the Beatles'. Photograph: David Farrell/Lebrecht Music & Arts/CorbisGuardian.co.ukIconic images from 1963, including Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King and Dusty Springfield. Photograph: Guardian.co.ukDavid Farrell/ David Farrell/Lebrecht Music & Arts/CorbisThe Rolling Stones 'were simply more exciting, more sensual than the Beatles'. Photograph: David Farrell/Lebrecht Music & Arts/CorbisGuardian.co.ukIconic images from 1963, including Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King and Dusty Springfield Photograph: Guardian.co.ukTariq Ali2013-05-07T05:00:01Z